Baby boy names beginning with J – with origins and meanings

• Origin: Ancient Egyptian
• Meaning: famous, brave

2. Jabez

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: unknown

3. Jace

• Origin: Modern American
• Meaning: unknown

4. Jack

• Origin: English
• Meaning: God is gracious; derived from John
• Also: John, Jackie, Jacky

5. Jackson

• Origin: English
• Meaning: son of Jack; a surname used as a first name

6. Jacob

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: supplanter
• Also: Jake

7. Jacoby

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: son of Jacob

8. Jacques

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: supplanter, someone taking the place of another through force, scheming, or strategy; the French form of Jack or James

9. Jaden

• Origin: Unknown
• Meaning: God has heard
• Also: Jaiden, Jayden

10. Jagger

• Origin: English
• Meaning: peddler

11. Jalal

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: greatness
• Also: Jalil, Galal, Galil

12. Jamal

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: beautiful’
• Also: Jaimal, Jamil, Jamel

13. Jamar

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: handsome

14. James

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: supplanter
• Also: Jim, Jimmy, Jamie, Seamus (Irish form), Seamas (Irish form)

15. Jan

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: God is gracious
• Also: John

16. Jared

• Origin: Arabic, Hebrew
• Meaning: descent; commanding
• Also: Jarred, Jarod, Jarrod

17. Jaroslav

• Origin: Czech
• Meaning: Glory of spring

18. Jarvis

• Origin: English
• Meaning: spear; version of Gervais; a surname used as a first name
• Also: Jervis

19. Jason

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: The Lord saves
• Mythology, the Greek hero who won the Golden Fleece

20. Jasper

• Origin: Persian
• Meaning: treasurer
• Also: Caspar

21. Javier

• Origin: Spanish
• Meaning: castle; new house; reddish, semi-precious stone
• Also: Xavier

22. Jaxon

• Origin: Anglo-American
• Meaning: God is gracious
• Also: Jax

23. Jaxxon

• Origin: Amercan
• Meaning: son Of Jack

24. Jay

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: victory; a short form of many names beginning with J

25. Jaylen

• Origin: American
• Meaning: thankful

26. Jedidiah

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: friend of the Lord
• Also: Jed

27. Jefferson

• Origin: Middle English
• Meaning: son of Jeffrey

28. Jeffrey

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: peace
• Also: Geoffrey, Jeff.

29. Jensen

• Origin: Danish
• Meaning: son of Jens

30. Jeremy

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: may Jehovah raise up; the name is a form of Jeremiah
• Also: Jerry

31. Jerome

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: holy name
• Also: Jerry

32. Jerry

• Origin: English
• Meaning: spear warrior
• Also: Gerald, Gerard, Jeremy, Jerome

33. Jesse

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: God lives
• Also: Jess, Jake

34. Jeshan

• Origin: Indian
• Meaning: clever; clear

35. Jesus

• Origin: Hebrew, from the names Yehoshua, or Joshua
• Meaning: in the bible, the son of Mary and the Messiah, the son of God.

36. Jethro

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: excellence

37. Jett

• Origin: Possibly English
• Meaning: jet black stone

38. Jevante

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: son of Jeptheh

39. Jibben

• Origin: Romany
• Meaning: life

40. Jim/Jimmy

• Origin: English
• Meaning: supplanter
• Also: James

41. Jiro

• Origin: Japanese
• Meaning: second son

42. Joab

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: Jehovah is a father

43. Joachim

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: may Jehovah exalt

44. Job

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: persecuted

45. Jocelyn

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: possibly, little Goth
• Also: Jos, Joss

46. Jock

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: short form of John, often used as a nickname for a Scotsman

47. Joel

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: Jehovah is God

48. John

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: Jehovah is gracious: first used in the Latin form Johannes;
• Also: Jack, Jackie, Johnnie, Johnny, Jan, Jock; Ian (Gaelic form), Iain (Gaelic form), Evan (Welsh form), Eoin, Sean, Shaun, Shawn (Irish forms) Shane (Irish form), Ivan (Russian form)

49. Jonah

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: dove
• Also: Jonas

50. Jonathan

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: Jehovah has given
• Also: Jonathon, Jon

51. Jordan

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: to go down, relating to the Jordan River flowing into the Dead Sea; also used as a girl’s name

52. Jose

• Origin: Spanish
• Meaning: Spanish form of Joseph
• Also: Joseph, Pepe

53. Joseph

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: Jehovah added
• Also: Joe, Joeh, Jo, Jos, Jose (Spanish form)

54. Joshua

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: God is generous
• Also: Josh

55. Josiah

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: may Jehovah heal
• Alos: Josias

56. Jotham

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: ‘God is perfect’

57. Joyce

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: lord; also used as a girl’s name

58. Jude

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: praised

59. Julian

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: derived from the Roman family name Julius
• Also: Jolyon, Julyan, Jules; Julien (French form)

60. Junayd

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: warrior

61. Jupiter

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Roman god of the sky; the planet

62. Justice

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: just, upright; righteous; also used as a girl’s name

63. Justin

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: upright, righteous, true, lawful

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